CUET History Important Questions 2027

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The CUET History paper carries a maximum of 250 marks. There's no shortcut here — every theme can show up, so you need to cover the whole syllabus. With competition typically staying high year on year, this handpicked set of CUET History important questions — built from past-year exam trends and aligned with the latest NCERT syllabus — will help you understand how questions are framed and where to focus your revision.

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Going through these sample questions will help you:

• Prioritise your revision across high-weightage themes
• Get familiar with how CUET frames History questions
• Practise the exact question styles NTA uses

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CUET History Important Questions 2027

1. Passage-Based Questions (The Mughal Empire and Agrarian Society)

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

The Ain-i-Akbari, authored by Abu'l Fazl, was the culminating volume of a larger project of history writing commissioned by Emperor Akbar. It records detailed information about the empire's provinces, their revenues, and the working of the agrarian economy. Through it, we learn how the Mughal state sought to regulate agricultural production, classify land, and organise the collection of revenue from the countryside — where the peasantry, the village, and the zamindars formed the core of rural society.

Q1. The Ain-i-Akbari is best described as —

1. A collection of Mughal court poetry
2. A detailed administrative and statistical account of Akbar's empire
3. A biography of Babur
4. A travelogue of a foreign visitor

Answer: (2) — The Ain-i-Akbari is a detailed administrative record of the provinces, revenues and economy of Akbar's empire.

Q2. Who authored the Ain-i-Akbari?

1. Chandra Bhan Brahman
2. Muhammad Kazim
3. Abu'l Fazl
4. Abdul Hamid Lahori

Answer: (3) — The Ain-i-Akbari was written by Abu'l Fazl.

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Q3. According to the passage, the core of Mughal rural society was formed by —

1. Nobles and mansabdars
2. The peasantry, the village and the zamindars
3. Court chroniclers
4. Provincial governors

Answer: (2) — The peasantry, the village and the zamindars formed the core of rural society.

Q4. The Ain-i-Akbari primarily helps historians understand the Mughal —

1. Military campaigns abroad
2. Agrarian economy and revenue administration
3. Architectural styles
4. Religious debates

Answer: (2) — It is a key source on the agrarian economy and revenue administration.

Q5. The revenue-related information in the Ain-i-Akbari reflects the Mughal state's attempt to —

1. Abolish land taxation
2. Regulate agricultural production and organise revenue collection
3. Encourage foreign trade only
4. Replace zamindars with nobles

Answer: (2) — The state sought to regulate production and organise revenue collection from the countryside.

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2. Fact-Based Questions

Q1. Who was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni?

1. Sigala
2. Punna
3. Mahapajapati Gotami
4. Uppalavanna

Answer: (3) — The Buddha's foster mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, was the first woman ordained as a bhikkhuni.

Q2. Who were the principal deities praised in the hymns of the Rigveda?

1. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
2. Vishnu, Shiva, Indra
3. Agni, Indra, Soma
4. Agni, Varuna, Indra

Answer: (3) — The Rigveda's hymns most prominently praise Agni (fire), Indra (war and rain) and Soma (the ritual drink), making them the central deities of the early Vedic pantheon.

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3. Match the Following (Kinship, Caste and Class)

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) Kula	(I) Larger network of kinfolk
(B) Jati	(II) Families
(C) Vansha	(III) People
(D) Jana	(IV) Lineage

Options:

 (a) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

 (b) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I 

(c) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III 

(d) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Answer: (c) — Sanskrit texts use Kula for families, Jati for the larger network of kinfolk, Vansha for lineage, and Jana for people.

4. Assertion–Reasoning

In the following question, an Assertion (A) is followed by a Reason (R). Choose the correct option.

Assertion (A): The Ain-i-Akbari is a valuable source for studying the Mughal agrarian economy. Reason (R): It records detailed provincial revenue figures and land-classification data compiled under Emperor Akbar.

Options: 

(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A 

(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A 

(c) A is true, but R is false 

(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer: (a) — The Ain-i-Akbari is valuable precisely because it records the revenue and land data that reveal how the agrarian economy was organised, so R correctly explains A.

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5. Timeline-Based

Arrange the following in correct chronological order:

1. The Making of the Constitution
2. Harappan Civilisation
3. The Revolt of 1857
4. The Mughal Empire under Akbar

Options: 

(a) 2 → 4 → 3 → 1

 (b) 2 → 3 → 4 → 1

 (c) 4 → 2 → 3 → 1

 (d) 2 → 4 → 1 → 3

Answer: (a) — Harappan Civilisation (ancient) → Akbar's Mughal Empire (16th century) → Revolt of 1857 (colonial) → the Making of the Constitution (1946–1950).

Q1. (Harappan Civilisation) The Great Bath, a well-known public structure of the Harappan period, was found at —

1. Harappa
2. Lothal
3. Mohenjodaro
4. Kalibangan

Answer: (3) — The Great Bath was located in the citadel area of Mohenjodaro.

Q2. (Harappan Civilisation) The Harappan site known for its dockyard, pointing to maritime trade, is —

1. Dholavira
2. Lothal
3. Banawali
4. Rakhigarhi

Answer: (2) — Lothal, in present-day Gujarat, had a dockyard connected to overseas trade.

Q3. (Inscriptional Evidence) Ashokan inscriptions were first successfully deciphered in 1838 by —

1. John Marshall
2. James Prinsep
3. Alexander Cunningham
4. R.E.M. Wheeler

Answer: (2) — James Prinsep deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts used in Ashokan inscriptions.

Q4. (Mahabharata / Kinship) The Mahabharata was composed over a long period in which language?

1. Prakrit
2. Pali
3. Sanskrit
4. Tamil

Answer: (3) — The Mahabharata is a Sanskrit epic compiled over several centuries.

Q5. (Buddhism) The stupa that is one of the most important surviving Buddhist sites discussed in the NCERT is located at —

1. Sarnath
2. Sanchi
3. Bodh Gaya
4. Amaravati

Answer: (2) — The Sanchi stupa in Madhya Pradesh is central to the NCERT chapter on Buddhism.

Q6. (Travellers' Accounts) The traveller who wrote the Kitab-ul-Hind and visited India in the eleventh century was —

1. Ibn Battuta
2. François Bernier
3. Al-Biruni
4. Marco Polo

Answer: (3) — Al-Biruni, from Uzbekistan, wrote the Kitab-ul-Hind in Arabic.

Q7. (Travellers' Accounts) The Moroccan traveller who described the Indian postal system and the city of Delhi under Muhammad bin Tughlaq was —

1. Al-Biruni
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Abdur Razzaq
4. François Bernier

Answer: (2) — Ibn Battuta travelled through India in the fourteenth century and recorded his observations in the Rihla.

Q8. (Bhakti–Sufi Traditions) The term used for the hospice of a Sufi where disciples gathered was —

1. Khanqah
2. Dargah
3. Sama
4. Ziyarat

Answer: (1) — A khanqah was the hospice where a Sufi master (shaikh) lived with his disciples.

Q9. (Vijayanagara Empire) The Vijayanagara Empire, with its capital at Hampi, was founded in 1336 by —

1. Krishnadeva Raya
2. Harihara and Bukka
3. Saluva Narasimha
4. Deva Raya II

Answer: (2) — The empire was founded by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty.

Q10. (Making of the Constitution) Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Rajendra Prasad
3. B.R. Ambedkar
4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: (3) — Dr B.R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee. The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950.

7. Extended Question Bank (20 More CUET History Important Questions)

More CUET History important questions with answers, spread across all 12 themes to strengthen your revision.

Q1. (Harappan Civilisation) The Harappan seals were most commonly made of —

1. Copper
2. Steatite
3. Gold
4. Ivory

Answer: (2) — Most Harappan seals were carved from steatite, a soft stone.

Q2. (Harappan Civilisation) The bronze "Dancing Girl" figurine was discovered at —

1. Harappa
2. Mohenjodaro
3. Chanhudaro
4. Dholavira

Answer: (2) — The famous bronze Dancing Girl was found at Mohenjodaro.

Q3. (Inscriptional Evidence) In Ashokan inscriptions, the king referred to himself by the title —

1. Chakravartin
2. Devanampiya Piyadassi
3. Maharajadhiraja
4. Samrat

Answer: (2) — Ashoka is described as Devanampiya Piyadassi ("Beloved of the Gods, of pleasant countenance").

Q4. (Inscriptional Evidence) The Mauryan capital Pataliputra corresponds to the modern city of —

1. Patna
2. Varanasi
3. Prayagraj
4. Gaya

Answer: (1) — Pataliputra is modern-day Patna in Bihar.

Q5. (Mahabharata) The Sanskrit epic Mahabharata is traditionally attributed to —

1. Valmiki
2. Vyasa
3. Kalidasa
4. Tulsidas

Answer: (2) — The Mahabharata is traditionally ascribed to the sage Vyasa.

Q6. (Buddhism) The First Sermon of the Buddha, setting in motion the wheel of dharma, was delivered at —

1. Lumbini
2. Bodh Gaya
3. Sarnath
4. Kushinagara

Answer: (3) — The Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath, near Varanasi.

Q7. (Buddhism) The stupa at Sanchi was preserved largely due to the efforts of the rulers of —

1. Hyderabad (the Bhopal Begums)
2. Mysore
3. Gwalior
4. Baroda

Answer: (1) — The Bhopal rulers, Shahjehan Begum and Sultan Jehan Begum, helped preserve Sanchi.

Q8. (Buddhism / Jainism) The core Jaina principle of non-violence toward all living beings is called —

1. Anekantavada
2. Ahimsa
3. Aparigraha
4. Satya

Answer: (2) — Ahimsa, or non-violence, is central to Jaina philosophy.

Q9. (Travellers' Accounts) The French traveller who described Mughal cities and was critical of the absence of private property in land was —

1. Ibn Battuta
2. Al-Biruni
3. François Bernier
4. Duarte Barbosa

Answer: (3) — François Bernier, a French physician, wrote Travels in the Mogul Empire.

Q10. (Bhakti–Sufi) The Chishti silsila's most famous saint, whose dargah is at Ajmer, was —

1. Nizamuddin Auliya
2. Baba Farid
3. Muinuddin Chishti
4. Shaikh Salim Chishti

Answer: (3) — Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti's dargah at Ajmer is a major pilgrimage site.

Q11. (Bhakti–Sufi) The devotional singing assembly practised in Sufi tradition is known as —

1. Qawwali / Sama
2. Kirtan
3. Bhajan
4. Abhang

Answer: (1) — Sama, or devotional music (later associated with qawwali), was central to Chishti practice.

Q12. (Vijayanagara Empire) The Vijayanagara Empire fell into decline after its defeat at the Battle of —

1. Panipat
2. Talikota
3. Plassey
4. Haldighati

Answer: (2) — The Battle of Talikota in 1565 led to the sacking of Hampi.

Q13. (Vijayanagara Empire) The greatest ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, known as a scholar and author of Amuktamalyada, was —

1. Harihara I
2. Krishnadeva Raya
3. Bukka Raya
4. Achyuta Raya

Answer: (2) — Krishnadeva Raya of the Tuluva dynasty marked the empire's zenith.

Q14. (Mughal Empire and Agrarian Society) In Mughal agrarian society, the intermediary who collected revenue and held rights over land was the —

1. Ryot
2. Zamindar
3. Mansabdar
4. Jagirdar

Answer: (2) — The zamindar was the rural intermediary with proprietary and revenue rights.

Q15. (Mughal Empire) The Ain-i-Akbari forms part of the larger work titled —

1. Badshah Nama
2. Akbar Nama
3. Humayun Nama
4. Tuzuk-i-Baburi

Answer: (2) — The Ain-i-Akbari is the third volume of Abu'l Fazl's Akbar Nama.

Q16. (Colonialism and Rural Society) The Permanent Settlement of 1793 in Bengal was introduced by —

1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Lord Wellesley

Answer: (2) — Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement with the zamindars of Bengal.

Q17. (Revolt of 1857) The rebels of 1857 proclaimed which figure as their symbolic leader?

1. Nana Saheb
2. Rani Lakshmibai
3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
4. Tantia Tope

Answer: (3) — The last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was declared the symbolic leader.

Q18. (Revolt of 1857) Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi took up arms largely in response to the British policy known as the —

1. Subsidiary Alliance
2. Doctrine of Lapse
3. Permanent Settlement
4. Ryotwari System

Answer: (2) — The Doctrine of Lapse, under which Jhansi was annexed, drove her into rebellion.

Q19. (Mahatma Gandhi) Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 with the famous —

1. Champaran Satyagraha
2. Dandi Salt March
3. Quit India Movement
4. Non-Cooperation Movement

Answer: (2) — The Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) of 1930 began the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Q20. (Making of the Constitution) The Constituent Assembly of India first met in —

1. December 1946
2. August 1947
3. January 1950
4. November 1949

Answer: (1) — The Constituent Assembly held its first session in December 1946.

Types of CUET History MCQs

Based on the CUET exam analysis, History questions typically fall into these formats (see examples of each below):

• Fact-based
• Case study / passage-based
• Concept-based
• Statement / Assertion–Reasoning
• Application-based
• Match the Following
• Timeline-based

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CUET History Exam Pattern 2027 (Quick Reference)

Before the questions, it helps to know exactly how the paper works under the current NTA pattern:

Particular	Detail
Conducting body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Subject code	314
Total questions	50
Questions to attempt	All 50 are compulsory — there is no optional choice
Total marks	250
Marking scheme	+5 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong answer, 0 for unattempted
Duration	60 minutes
Mode	Computer-Based Test (CBT)
Syllabus base	NCERT Class 12 (Themes in Indian History)

Important update

Earlier CUET papers allowed students to attempt only a subset of questions (for example, 40 out of 50).

Under the revised pattern, all 50 questions are compulsory, so accuracy and time management matter more than ever.

Every wrong answer costs you a mark, so guess carefully. Confirm the latest structure on the CUET Exam Pattern page and the official NTA information bulletin before your attempt.

For a full breakdown of themes and their expected weightage, see the CUET History Syllabus and the list of CUET History Important Topics.

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CUET History Syllabus 2027: Complete List of 12 Themes

The CUET History Syllabus 2027 is based on the latest NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History curriculum prescribed by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

The History paper (Subject Code 314) covers 12 important themes, divided into three parts, focusing on Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Indian History.

Important Update: The syllabus has been revised from 15 themes to 12 themes. Candidates should prepare only from the latest NCERT Class 12 History textbooks.

CUET History Syllabus 2027 (Part I): Ancient Indian History

Theme No.	Theme
Theme 1	Harappan Civilisation and Archaeology
Theme 2	Political and Economic Systems in Early States: Inscriptional Evidences
Theme 3	Social Histories of Early Societies: Mahabharata
Theme 4	History of Buddhism and Jainism: Cultural Developments

CUET History Syllabus 2027 (Part II): Medieval Indian History

Theme No.	Theme
Theme 5	Medieval Society through Travellers' Accounts
Theme 6	Religious History: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions
Theme 7	Vijayanagara Empire: Politics, Economy and Architecture
Theme 8	The Mughal Empire and Agrarian Society

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CUET History Syllabus 2027 (Part III): Modern Indian History

Theme No.	Theme
Theme 9	Colonialism and Rural Society: Evidence from Official Reports
Theme 10	Revolt of 1857: Patterns and Representations
Theme 11	Mahatma Gandhi and National Movements
Theme 12	The Making of the Constitution

Latest CUET History Syllabus Changes 2027

Updated Topic	Details
Syllabus Revision	The CUET History syllabus has been reduced from 15 themes to 12 themes.
Removed Chapter	Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Court has been removed from the latest NCERT syllabus.
Current Mughal Topic	Questions will now focus on The Mughal Empire and Agrarian Society, including topics such as the Ain-i-Akbari and agrarian relations.
Study Material	Prepare only from the latest NCERT Class 12 History textbook to avoid outdated topics.

💡 Preparation Tip: Many older question banks still include questions from Akbar Nama and Mughal court chronicles. These topics are no longer part of the CUET History syllabus, so focus your preparation on the updated NCERT content instead.

Key Takeaways

• All 50 questions in the CUET History paper are compulsory, so build both accuracy and speed under a 60-minute clock.

• The overwhelming majority of questions come directly from the latest NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History textbooks — master them first.

• Study from the current edition only, since the syllabus has been trimmed to 12 themes and some chapters (such as "Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Court") have been removed.

• Passage-based questions are the most time-consuming; simulate the 60-minute exam when you practise them.

• Modern Indian History themes (Colonialism, 1857, Gandhi, the Constitution) tend to carry strong weightage — give them focused revision.

• Strategist tip: In recent papers, passage-based questions on agrarian and colonial themes have been the biggest time-sinks. Budget around 90 seconds each, and never leave them for the last five minutes of the paper.

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